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it against us. this helped get the president re-elected this time. >> eliot: richard, i think you're so correct. sometimes doing what is right turns out to be good politics. taking the risk of being out in front of an issue not lurking or leading behind that famous phrase. quickly, unfortunately time is running out. but you agree with richard that the president has to continue to lead on the issue of same section marriage and other civil rights issues as time goes forward. >> more importantly the american public and progressives need to pressure the president. you know, we can rely on the president to do what he thinks is right or to get a certain message, but there must be pressure on the president. there must be pressure on the house democrats not to make a deal, not to provide the votes where boehner can't get those votes for a grand bargain if it involves social security, if it involves cutting medicare. >> cenk: some how i think you'll keep putting that pressure on the white house as well you s
it against us. this helped get the president re-elected this time. >> eliot: richard, i think you're so correct. sometimes doing what is right turns out to be good politics. taking the risk of being out in front of an issue not lurking or leading behind that famous phrase. quickly, unfortunately time is running out. but you agree with richard that the president has to continue to lead on the issue of same section marriage and other civil rights issues as time goes forward. >> more...
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rarely used green gmc pickup truck used to drive up votes. truck always seems to pull to the right. [ applause ] >> stephanie: say it with me elizabeth warren. >> that scott brown truck is the crawford ranch of the [ inaudible ] . >> john dan on twitter has a question, does this mean bill graham's website can now go back on youtube as a cult. >> exactly. we have had only one catholic. there was the first race everywhere there were no wasps in the top spot either. mormons should be very very proud. >> and the only protestant was president obama. >> exactly. >> stephanie: john, the important news, diane sawyer absolutely was not drunk. no one has a more exhausting work schedule than john fugelsang. >> i'm the giving tree. >> stephanie: a source close to the situation, whoever gets her wine, for anyone who thinks that diane sawyer was drunk on the air just doesn't know her. she was extremely exhausted from her work schedule. although he just posted that earlier video from the '90s where she is drink wine on set. >> i'm not allowed to make fun of
rarely used green gmc pickup truck used to drive up votes. truck always seems to pull to the right. [ applause ] >> stephanie: say it with me elizabeth warren. >> that scott brown truck is the crawford ranch of the [ inaudible ] . >> john dan on twitter has a question, does this mean bill graham's website can now go back on youtube as a cult. >> exactly. we have had only one catholic. there was the first race everywhere there were no wasps in the top spot either. mormons...
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thank you for joining us. how did the republicans losososososososososososososososososososososososososososososososos >> eliot: tax hikes on the highest incomes do not kill jobs. the evidence is in, our conversation is with you the viewer because we're independent. >>here's how you can connect with "viewpoint with eliot spitzer." >>questions, of course, need to be answered. >>we will not settle for the easy answers. >> eliot: if last week was all about politics, and thankfully things turned oh out pretty well maybe this week we can put ideology and partisanship aside for a moment and apply a more objective scientific approach oh some of the tough issues we face. what do historical records and data suggest might be the better course for our nation to follow? specifically cha is the impact of increasing the top marginal tax rate on the rate of investment and job creation? if numbers could persuade me that raising that rate injured job creation, i would reconsider my belief that wealthy should pay more. but on the
thank you for joining us. how did the republicans losososososososososososososososososososososososososososososososos >> eliot: tax hikes on the highest incomes do not kill jobs. the evidence is in, our conversation is with you the viewer because we're independent. >>here's how you can connect with "viewpoint with eliot spitzer." >>questions, of course, need to be answered. >>we will not settle for the easy answers. >> eliot: if last week was all about...
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thank you for joining us. >> a pleasure, eliot. >> eliot: it seems to me with all this screaming and shouting about susan rice's testimony. the only thing that struck me for legitimate upset might be that general petraeus has said he believed it was a terrorist and the u.n. ambassador said originally it was not that. is that a legitimate area of some investigation by congress? >> in fairness to susan rice. she did not say it was an act of terrorist. she didn't rule it out either. she made clear her understanding of what happened would evolve over time. the significance of general petraeus on the hill is begin a more fullsome process to answer questions that still don't have complete answers. the second dimension will be the completion of the accountability review board the arb that the state department is working on and will be released next month by secretary of state hillary clinton. i'm confident through these processes we'll understand through the best of our knowledge what exactly happened and put statem
thank you for joining us. >> a pleasure, eliot. >> eliot: it seems to me with all this screaming and shouting about susan rice's testimony. the only thing that struck me for legitimate upset might be that general petraeus has said he believed it was a terrorist and the u.n. ambassador said originally it was not that. is that a legitimate area of some investigation by congress? >> in fairness to susan rice. she did not say it was an act of terrorist. she didn't rule it out...
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good to have you with us. it's such a beautiful morning i decided to wear one of my favorite scarves. this red scarf here. it is a carol press scarf go to the website at bill press show.com and check it out. this is the number one seller, you can tell why i love it. >> bill, you look smoking hot. >> bill: you're thinking about holiday gifts there's nothing better and nothing keeping people warmer than my good carol press scarf. peter, what's happening on the world of chat room, twitter facebook. >> we are on twitter right now @bpshow asking you how you feel. value writes i'm smiling so wide that i'm wearing lipstick on my ears. never heard that before. kate ryan saying nursing one hell of a hangover this morning but nothing can take the shine off my happiness today. speaking of hank overs rum and coke party u.s.a. tweeting saying karl rove has internal polls that show romney still winning this race. >> bill: yes! karl rove and dick morris are saying no, it's not over yet. talk about having egg on your face. >>
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with us for analysis of what the absence of patras means is jeanine. thanks for joining us. we also have news that a woman -- paula broodwell -- this again is nbc reporting, it was under an fbi investigation over accessing his email, whatever that means. so jeanine you have covered him. he was sort of the golden boy of generals, certainly. he seemed to have a stellar reputation. what kind of bomb shell is this? >> it is huge. he is one of the most important military personnel of your generation. he dealt with everything from the crisis in syria, to crisis in israel with drone strikes. he has been the front man on all of these issues. >> jennifer: so let's talk first about the -- the whys and the times of this. this is a friday afternoon, some in the far-right press are suspicious that the timing suggests that there was some fear about him testifying relating to benghazi, there is an investigation and hearing scheduled for next week. do you think this has to do with that? >> no. he has handled a lot more difficult issues than benghazi. he would have been able to handle that.
with us for analysis of what the absence of patras means is jeanine. thanks for joining us. we also have news that a woman -- paula broodwell -- this again is nbc reporting, it was under an fbi investigation over accessing his email, whatever that means. so jeanine you have covered him. he was sort of the golden boy of generals, certainly. he seemed to have a stellar reputation. what kind of bomb shell is this? >> it is huge. he is one of the most important military personnel of your...
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thanks for joining us here. we'll see you back tomorrow night. ♪ ] >> eliot: good evening i'm eliot spitzer and this is "viewpoint." on this show we prefer to call it the fiscal cliff or the austerity bomb. either way the country is just 34 days away from the mix of hundreds of billions of dollars with expireing tax cuts. the president called on voters though pressure congress for a deal that would freeze taxes for 911%98% of for american families. >> call members of congress, write them, e-mail, post it on their facebook wall. tweet it by using the hash tag "my 2 k." >> if the latest "washington post" "abc news" poll is correct, the 06% 60% said they supported, and oklahoma congressman tom cole told politico last night i quote i think we ought to take the 98% deal right now. it doesn't mean that i agree with raising the top two i don't. but house speaker john boehner disagreed with that call. >> i told him that i disagreed with him. >> eliot: he seemed more interesting in attacking the president than finding
thanks for joining us here. we'll see you back tomorrow night. ♪ ] >> eliot: good evening i'm eliot spitzer and this is "viewpoint." on this show we prefer to call it the fiscal cliff or the austerity bomb. either way the country is just 34 days away from the mix of hundreds of billions of dollars with expireing tax cuts. the president called on voters though pressure congress for a deal that would freeze taxes for 911%98% of for american families. >> call members of...
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but it's personal to us. it's only a question of how long ago many of our families came into the united states. many of us were here before the united states. so it really is a continuum, so we can still relate to the newly arrived immigrant. and there are so many of us throughout, as i say kind of a continuum of the length of time we have been in this country. when you have arizona, and those kind of laws and the extreme rhetoric of the tea party, it does filter across all latino communities. you can't have kids chanting usa, usa, usa, arizona, when five citizen latino kids take the basketball court in two different cities in texas unless something bad is happening out there. so something has to stop. >> congressman i want to ask two questions going forward about the republicans. you are already hearing some of them. i read that republicans should embrace, immigration reform amnesty, learn to say the word. so my questions are what do you think the prospects are of the republican party coming to that position
but it's personal to us. it's only a question of how long ago many of our families came into the united states. many of us were here before the united states. so it really is a continuum, so we can still relate to the newly arrived immigrant. and there are so many of us throughout, as i say kind of a continuum of the length of time we have been in this country. when you have arizona, and those kind of laws and the extreme rhetoric of the tea party, it does filter across all latino communities....
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democrat maryland congresswoman donna edwards joins us from washington d.c. she was the first elected in 2008, she has a fresh perspective. thank you so much for joining us inside "the war room." >> thank you governor, it's great to be with you. >> jennifer: all right, let me get to the hot topic first off. what are your house colleagues saying about the status of negotiations? >> well, i think number one as you could hear from leader pelosi, i think that our leader is fully and fairly representing the prevailing viewpoint among house democrats and that is that this, in in is in some ways more simple than not. on november 6th the american people spoke loudly with the president about continuing the tax cuts for income earners under $250,000. and then allowing the rest of them to expire and then making sure that we have what is in effect about a trillion dollars that could be put to definite reduction, could be put to spending that's necessary to get the economy fully going. and you know, in our view, you know, in our leader has said this the election was very
democrat maryland congresswoman donna edwards joins us from washington d.c. she was the first elected in 2008, she has a fresh perspective. thank you so much for joining us inside "the war room." >> thank you governor, it's great to be with you. >> jennifer: all right, let me get to the hot topic first off. what are your house colleagues saying about the status of negotiations? >> well, i think number one as you could hear from leader pelosi, i think that our leader...
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you elected us to focus on your jobs, not ours. and in the coming weeks and months, i am looking forward to reaching out and working with leaders of both parties to meet the challenges we can only solve together. >> jennifer: and so despite everything i said in the first block, actually there was hope today. you had house speaker john boehner who actually opened a door that many people thought was shut. >> for the purposes of forging a bipartisan agreement that begins to solve the problem, we're willing to accept new revenue under the right conditions. >> jennifer: what? so does speaker boehner mean what he says? here to answer that question and more, is host of "viewpoint," and former new york governor eliot spitzer. welcome inside "the war room." >> i like being here. >> jennifer: i was just railing about the far-right republicans -- >> i heard you from miles away. >> jennifer: but despite the denial, john boehner gave this statement today to suggest that revenue could be a part of a grand bargain. >> yes, but -- there was classi
you elected us to focus on your jobs, not ours. and in the coming weeks and months, i am looking forward to reaching out and working with leaders of both parties to meet the challenges we can only solve together. >> jennifer: and so despite everything i said in the first block, actually there was hope today. you had house speaker john boehner who actually opened a door that many people thought was shut. >> for the purposes of forging a bipartisan agreement that begins to solve the...
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that brings us to the number of the day zero. that's the number of women or people of color who will chair a committee in the house of representatives next year. some how out of 19 chairmanships every single one had to go to some old or middle aged white guy. look at some of the new committee leaders. jeb hensarling on financial services, ed royce on foreign affairs. mike mccaul on homeland security. and lamar smith who still doesn't thing climate change is caused by human behavior, and now he's in charge of, wow the science committee. you could find more diversity at a glenn beck book signing. >>science and republicans do not mix. >>now it's your turn at the only online forum with a direct line to eliot spitzer. >>join the debate now. >> eliot: how do you convention millions of americans to impose a tax increase that will have no impact on them or their friends. some how the g.o.p. has managed to do it president obama's proposed tax increase on the wealthiest 2% of americans would affect 4 million households. they're predominate
that brings us to the number of the day zero. that's the number of women or people of color who will chair a committee in the house of representatives next year. some how out of 19 chairmanships every single one had to go to some old or middle aged white guy. look at some of the new committee leaders. jeb hensarling on financial services, ed royce on foreign affairs. mike mccaul on homeland security. and lamar smith who still doesn't thing climate change is caused by human behavior, and now...
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give us a broader base. then because you could raise a lot more, kind of -- but we'll spend a lot more on anti-poverty programs. >> perhaps i wouldn't go as far as having a flat tax because our income inequality is so intense there is a very good case of trying to tax the very rich but i do think the flatter tax would be very useful. >> eliot: the problem we have politically here in the u.s. of course is there is this fundamental aversion to the size of government, to a big government. and what you're suggesting is that we need different scale of government. we need a bigger government that actually is willing to spend more on the anti-poverty programs. emotionally, the public doesn't want that. even warren buffett recently said we shouldn't spend more than 21% of gdp. you're saying we should be spending more than that. >> well, yes. if you decide that income inequality is a problem and more and more economists are coming to that conclusion that it is hurting our growth. it createless all sorts of -- what we
give us a broader base. then because you could raise a lot more, kind of -- but we'll spend a lot more on anti-poverty programs. >> perhaps i wouldn't go as far as having a flat tax because our income inequality is so intense there is a very good case of trying to tax the very rich but i do think the flatter tax would be very useful. >> eliot: the problem we have politically here in the u.s. of course is there is this fundamental aversion to the size of government, to a big...
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coming to us from washington is david curson. welcome inside the war room. >> how are you doing governor? >> doingreat.. d y ou ever imagine one day you would be a member of congress. how cool is that? >> very cool and very unexpected. >> what happened? you obviously i know -- if you could explain to people how you got there for only seven weeks briefly. >> mccoter resigned in july the sitting representative out of the 11th district. and the petition deadline for the fullterm had closed. we had to find somebody to run and we just didn't hand off to the party that created all this gridlock one more person to come to this important lame duck session with the pledge, somebody that wasn't going to do anything. so we vetted a whole bunch of people that might be interested and some how it ended up on me. >> well, sometimes when you're in the room you are the last guy to raise and stand and volunteer. it'sy so awesome is. if you are only in office seven weeks what is your living situation like? are you sleeping in our office in dc? >> a
coming to us from washington is david curson. welcome inside the war room. >> how are you doing governor? >> doingreat.. d y ou ever imagine one day you would be a member of congress. how cool is that? >> very cool and very unexpected. >> what happened? you obviously i know -- if you could explain to people how you got there for only seven weeks briefly. >> mccoter resigned in july the sitting representative out of the 11th district. and the petition deadline for...
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will set us street. michael tomasky assails as always, it's great to have you here on the program. >> thanks. >> eliot: finally did we change the republicans attitude. robert reich coming up. here in our own country. >> it's an issue that ultimately effects each and every one of us. >> thats why current is stepping up. >> ... by feeding the needy. >>... feeding the needy. >>... feeding the needy. >>... feeding the needy. >>... feeding the needy. >> for an entire week we'll explore hunger, malnutrition even obesity. >> ... and offer solutions. >> so join us here at current tv where together, we'll feed the needy. >> brought to you by the all new >> doge: new rules. >> eliot: we mark veteran's day with good news and bad news. the good news is our number of the day 15,000. the number of homeless veterans in mesh has dropped by that number since 2009 according to secretary of a veteran's affairs eric shinseki. back in 2009 secretary shinseki promised to end homelessness among veterans by 2015. a laudable goa
will set us street. michael tomasky assails as always, it's great to have you here on the program. >> thanks. >> eliot: finally did we change the republicans attitude. robert reich coming up. here in our own country. >> it's an issue that ultimately effects each and every one of us. >> thats why current is stepping up. >> ... by feeding the needy. >>... feeding the needy. >>... feeding the needy. >>... feeding the needy. >>... feeding the...
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the fbi was using it. hoover was using it to blackmail people. is this really what the fbi -- what we want the fbi doing? don't they have more important things they ought to be doing? than people's sex lives? come on. number one. i don't know why the fbi's involved. number two, i don't know why petraeus felt that he had to resign. he wasn't forced out. he offered ois his ignore -- he offered his resignation. as a country we put sex and human frailty up and put too much importance on it. there's no reason, i believe for david petraeus to have to resign. david vitter is still in the united states senate. newt gingrich ran for president. he's a serial adulter. i'm not saying it's right. i'm saying this one affair and petraeus, we could not accept petraeus as the c.i.a. director? was he a good general? yeah, he was a great general. did he do a good job in iraq? he did a great job at iraq. was was he doing a good job at the c.i.a.? yes. end of story. we place too much importance on this. it just seems to me as americans we were still living in the vic
the fbi was using it. hoover was using it to blackmail people. is this really what the fbi -- what we want the fbi doing? don't they have more important things they ought to be doing? than people's sex lives? come on. number one. i don't know why the fbi's involved. number two, i don't know why petraeus felt that he had to resign. he wasn't forced out. he offered ois his ignore -- he offered his resignation. as a country we put sex and human frailty up and put too much importance on it. there's...
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use the hedge fund for your own account, god bless you. but if you have a client obligation that's fundmently different. >> there was a sense we're not going to do toxic business. a goldman a decade ago would not have done a deal like i talk about in the book. we would not have had a member of the board of director sent to jail. i would just say it comes to a point where the firm needs to make its own choice. does it want to last another 10 years or does it want want to be a hedge fund. >> eliot: all these sanctions imposed by courts, has it mattered? >> i think people know the game could end any day, and it's an extraction of as much wealth while they can while the holding is still good. hold politicians accountable. make them regulate things in a smart way that does not risk all of society. >> eliot: i won't place a big bet. >> people should be outraged. >> eliot: they should be outraged. greg smith is the author of "why i left goldman sachs." what you wrote is important. people should read your op-ed. have a good night. we will have a g
use the hedge fund for your own account, god bless you. but if you have a client obligation that's fundmently different. >> there was a sense we're not going to do toxic business. a goldman a decade ago would not have done a deal like i talk about in the book. we would not have had a member of the board of director sent to jail. i would just say it comes to a point where the firm needs to make its own choice. does it want to last another 10 years or does it want want to be a hedge fund....
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thank you so much for joining us. >> oh, thank you for having me. >> all right. great news from the occupy movement. how is that fora a great gift from for the holidays. ay pro-life life republican. how many aboargsess has he participated in. >> i'm the pro-life republican doctor. the >> all right, we're back. a couple of colorful republicans she wants to tell us about. >> my favorite family values congressman scott day jar lay his sex scandia continues to unravel. he is against abortion except he knocked up his mist rises/patient and urnled her to get an abortion. back in 2000 he was testifying during his divorce proceedings and information emerged about some other woman he was encouraging to get abortions. >> turns out the republican who ran on an anti-abortion platform testified he and his former wife made a mutual decision to have two abortions. that information from the transcripts of the doctor's divorce proceedings. during his campaign it came out a former patient said he got her pregnant and he scwed her to get -- he asked her to give an abortion. >> he g
thank you so much for joining us. >> oh, thank you for having me. >> all right. great news from the occupy movement. how is that fora a great gift from for the holidays. ay pro-life life republican. how many aboargsess has he participated in. >> i'm the pro-life republican doctor. the >> all right, we're back. a couple of colorful republicans she wants to tell us about. >> my favorite family values congressman scott day jar lay his sex scandia continues to unravel....
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thank you so much for joining us. >> oh, thank you for having me. >> all right. great news from the occupy movement. how is that fora a great gift from for the holidays. ay pro-life life republican. how many aboargsess has he participated in. >> i'm the pro-life republican [ forsythe ] we don't just come up here for the view up in alaska. it's the cleanest, clearest water. we find the best sweetest crab for red lobster that we can find. [ male announcer ] hurry in to red lobster's crabfest! the only time of year you can savor 5 succulent crab entrees all under 20 dollars. like a half-pound of tender snow crab paired with savory grilled shrimp, just 12.99. or our hearty crab and roasted garlic seafood bake. [ forsythe ] if i wouldn't put it on my table at home, i wouldn't bring it in. my name's jon forsythe and i sea food differently. (vo) now, it's your turn. (vo) connect with the young turks with cenk uygur. >> it's go time. >> all right we're back. a couple of colorful republicans she wants to tell us about. >> my favorite family values congressman scott day ja
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they can't gay bash us and use the words that they want to use so they have to compare us to other things that don't seem as threatening. it used to be alcohol and drug addicts. now it's natural human instincts like wanting to punch somebody apparently. >> stephanie: this week he similarly defended his anti-gay position by claiming he can be tolerant and accepting without being approving. can i tell you how much i hate that language. i don't care to be tolerated by anybody. i'm not asking you to tolerate me. and then in one breath he'll say that. you can be loving and tolerant and accepting. four years ago he defended prop 8 by claiming same sex marriage is equivalent to incest, pedophilia and polygamy. >> and then he said, well, i didn't mean that to be public. >> well, that makes it so much better. >> that makes it worse. that's like the guy saying racist things who says he is not a racist. >> stephanie: he's comparing to punching a buy guy in the nose, incest and pedophilia and polygamy. >> but i tolerate it. >> i don't want to take a page out of his book, but i'll compare him to other
they can't gay bash us and use the words that they want to use so they have to compare us to other things that don't seem as threatening. it used to be alcohol and drug addicts. now it's natural human instincts like wanting to punch somebody apparently. >> stephanie: this week he similarly defended his anti-gay position by claiming he can be tolerant and accepting without being approving. can i tell you how much i hate that language. i don't care to be tolerated by anybody. i'm not asking...
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he's joining us from denver. thanks for joining us. >> hello jennifer, great to join you. before you started making this movie in you 2005, you said that you were skeptical of chime change. has your point of view changed? >> honestly it was more like 20, 25 years ago when i thought that this whole story was about computer modeling, which at the time was relatively primitive. i was wrong about that. the real story was about--the real evidence had-held in the ice cores up to antarctica to to arctic. once i took time to stop and understand the empirical evidence as opposed to my my misconceptions. i started this in the late 90s but it wasn't until 2005 when the ice work started get going that i got locked into the trajectory that became the movie and ice survey. >> jennifer: you're in position to provide other i am empirical evidence, which is what your film is about. what is happening with the film? do you think it's changing the mind of skeptics? >> i've been amazed, really gratified to have shown the film in rooms in many cases had a lot of skeptical conservative audience
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hey, just call us morning bill. donald francis adds mitch mcconnell's crying about being a minority and not having his voice heard. hey, how about the majority of us whose voice is not being heard because he's so bought off. good point. d says i was absolutely appalled at the number of members of congress who signed the grover norquist pledge. you were spot-on by calling them traitors! and harmony wants us to know her opinion as to why black friday exists peter. i'm from wisconsin she says and grew up with many hunters in the family. the day after thanksgiving was always a big hunting day. black friday started with hunters' wives going shopping because all of the men were out hunting. >> i know a lot of hunting seasons kick off now. >> bill: you know what? that makes a lot of sense to me. they're hunting for deals. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: good morning everybody. welcome to the "full court press" this wednesday morning. november 28. great to see you today. thank you for
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for instance, two states right now have legalized marijuana for recreational use. three more legalized gay marriage. that's a big deal. >> bill: we're on the march. i never thought we'd see that in the war on drugs. they're going to lose on that. and they lost on gay marriage. they're losing on everything, michael. what they do, what do rush limbaugh and bill o'reilly do, say go left? >> sean hannity today said that the republicans and he especially has now rethought his position on immigration. [ laughter ] >> bill: a coincidence, i'm sure. >> i'm sure if mitt romney had won in overwhelming numbers he'd be saying the exact same thing. >> that's an instant buckle. they're going to get their taxes, all that stuff but lose on some issues, like latinos it's done. >> if you talk about latinos and blacks obama won 73% of the asian vote. that was history reliably republican. that says a lot. >> bill: let me play you a clip. these are the guys who say no, we got them on the run. >> president obama's reelection is a did he have tating blow, but it's not a decisive defeat.
for instance, two states right now have legalized marijuana for recreational use. three more legalized gay marriage. that's a big deal. >> bill: we're on the march. i never thought we'd see that in the war on drugs. they're going to lose on that. and they lost on gay marriage. they're losing on everything, michael. what they do, what do rush limbaugh and bill o'reilly do, say go left? >> sean hannity today said that the republicans and he especially has now rethought his position on...
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who joins us now. good morning representative. >> caller: good morning. >> stephanie: i have to ask you first, we've been talking about john boehner rejecting the president's request to extend the middle class tax cuts. don't you feel like, here we go again, like the election didn't happen. >> caller: i'm fearful of that. i think it's more complicated because i think my sense boehner would like to reach an agreement because he understands the real world, and there will be yet another huge price for his conference. but if you remember when he was negotiating the grand bargain with the president during the debt ceiling negotiations, and was willing to include revenue wehe went back to his conference, and they literally cut his legs off. he's filling that position. that's the dilemma. this fiscal cliff stuff is extremely important, but this is the moment of opportunity to have revenue as a very significant component of any debt reduction deal, and it has to be. the president is on strong ground, and he's
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find us there. give us your hash tag. my2k. we'll retweet it and share it with our viewers and listeners. l camp says my 2k helps us pay for our son's preschool. gayle says it keeps a roof over my head for two months. it is more than a year of electric bills. someone came to you and said -- >> bill: put that in perspective. >> boom. you have to find a way to pay for your electric bills from now on. >> bill: what john boehner is saying is screw you! you find some other way to pay for your electric bill. find some other way to pay two months rent. find some other way to fund your i.r.a. that's exactly what they're saying. they don't care about the middle class. >> dave farkas on twitter says if i get to keep my 2k, i would give it to a billionaire so he could pay his taxes. >> bill: that's all he would be paying. lennie chiming in from kenosha wisconsin. how are you? >> caller: good. how you doing? >> bill: good. what's it all mean to you my2k? >> caller: i had mentioned that i would like to buy all of my christmas presents with
find us there. give us your hash tag. my2k. we'll retweet it and share it with our viewers and listeners. l camp says my 2k helps us pay for our son's preschool. gayle says it keeps a roof over my head for two months. it is more than a year of electric bills. someone came to you and said -- >> bill: put that in perspective. >> boom. you have to find a way to pay for your electric bills from now on. >> bill: what john boehner is saying is screw you! you find some other way to...
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give us a call at 1-866-55-press. join us on twitter at bpshow. facebook facebook.com -- i mean -- facebook.com/billpress show. i got it right. we've got the whole team here this morning assembled. glad you're with us and very happy to welcome back to the studio, good friend of the program, worked his butt off during this election campaign -- and still am. >> bill: oh, no. major gar fret "national journal." >> i'm wearing the beleaguered garb of a writer who is on debt line. i have the cover story to file by 11:00 eastern and i've been up since 4:30 this morning. that's why i'm dressed a bit informally and yes it is not a good hair day, ladies and gentlemen. i will concede that openly. [ laughter ] >> bill: you start keeping those hours and you're really a member of the full court staff here. >> major starts drifting off and tapping away at the computer, you know he's working on his keys. >> indeed i am. >> bill: with peter ogborn and dan henning and cyprian bowlding our videographer, phil backert has the phones this morning. hello. >> good mornin
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i think change or die. >> you know, it's a perplexing time for many of us right now. if they continue in this trend that we have seen earlier tonight. >> maybe america has changed. >> some say the republican party has a lot of work to do to keep up with the changing demographics of this country. >> they really literally have to do a big think on what they are in the world what they seem to be in the world what their job is in the world. >> but in the specific context of last night's elections, it was the changing face of the american electorate. >> the white establishment is now the minority. >> does the republican party have no appeal? >> cenk: michael? >> the answer is yes. and with what jayar said, they is it have a gay candidate for congress, who was favored going into the massachusetts john tierny won even that didn't work. >> cenk: we're out of time. we'll talk about that on another show. there is a lot to talk about. now when we come back, gay rights again they say progressives were on the losing side. wrong again bob. we were on the winning side. >> we fought
i think change or die. >> you know, it's a perplexing time for many of us right now. if they continue in this trend that we have seen earlier tonight. >> maybe america has changed. >> some say the republican party has a lot of work to do to keep up with the changing demographics of this country. >> they really literally have to do a big think on what they are in the world what they seem to be in the world what their job is in the world. >> but in the specific...
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will he use it? he's got the power. will he use it to get done what we've got to get done in this next four years? and will he use it to pound these republicans into coming on a sensible deal on the fiscal cliff? got the power. use it or lose it. >> this is the full court press, "the bill press show," live on your radio, and on current tv. [ music ] that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. we've got to get done in this current tv.smocks [ music ] [ music ] >> this is "the bill press show" >> bill: here we go 26 minutes after the hour on a friday, friday, november 30th. my latest column is about this susan rice nonsense. heading my column is: what did susan rice know? and when did she know it? check out the column at billpressshow.com. we are talking about president obama won this election overwhelmingly when everybody said he didn't have a chance getting re
will he use it? he's got the power. will he use it to get done what we've got to get done in this next four years? and will he use it to pound these republicans into coming on a sensible deal on the fiscal cliff? got the power. use it or lose it. >> this is the full court press, "the bill press show," live on your radio, and on current tv. [ music ] that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience...
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us. we'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l'l and entertainment weekly on news stands now. thanks for coming on the show. good night everybody. >> w welcome to the "young turks." it's the second day after the election and we're still having fun. karl rove flushed that money down the toilet, now they're goal at him big time. this one big ad run by the democrats apparently had more effect than that entirely amount of money. >> romney shut down our plant. turns out that when we built that stage, it was like building my own coffin. >> i still love that ad. then rove comes up with the world's lamest excuse. >> they cut their winning percentage by over romney by about two thirds, but the president -- he succeeded by suppressing the vote. >> wait, wait, wait, obama suppressed the vote? obama suppressed the vote! you're a stitch, karl. and we continue to rub it in the faces about how wrong they were. >> obviously i think with the election results last night, do you want to of
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arkansas rejected medical use and montana upheld strict medical and washington approved recreation use even though they have medical marijuana. >> i think we can set--we can model for the rest of the nation that marijuana is safer when it's off the streets and behind the counter. that you can treat it like you treat alcohol and the sky is not going to fall. in arkansas and oregon, both of those measures were very close to passing and we see no matter where we're talking about we see people generally coming to understand that at the rate of 80% the medical marijuana belongs in our states, and folks should have the right to use it. >> right. >> and well over 50% of americans believe we should be regulating marijuana. >> cenk: in a matter of time. time is on our side. i believe the time is 4:20. okay, betty aldworth, thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. now when we return. >> thank you. it was fun. >> cenk: it was fun. >> cenk: when we return, talking about fun the elbows of the day. we've had a lot of them today and i can't wait to unleash them. wait until you find out who they la
arkansas rejected medical use and montana upheld strict medical and washington approved recreation use even though they have medical marijuana. >> i think we can set--we can model for the rest of the nation that marijuana is safer when it's off the streets and behind the counter. that you can treat it like you treat alcohol and the sky is not going to fall. in arkansas and oregon, both of those measures were very close to passing and we see no matter where we're talking about we see...
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>> you keep us afloat. >> so bite me! >> there are so many people depending on you. >> i said that in the most subservient way possible. kids carbon night, we tell you about it all the time, i have reams, i would say reams. >> reams. >> of thank you letters all encased in carbonnite. they had the power outage, virus, whatever it is, flood. >> flood. >> leak, chardonnay leak in my case on my laptop and poof, there goes your laptop, your whatever. you don't want to lose everything in there. think about all the stuff in your computer you use to run your life, your work stuff family photos, music all of that. >> music collections can run over $1,000. imagine that if you had a hard drive crash. >> right. >> gone. >> right gone, poof, set up carbonnite and you'll have time to do what you want, because apparently people have family and kids and bake things for men. anyway my point is for $59 a year, you can get unlimited back up for your computer. >> you can get up early to bake an omelet. >> back up your files also, check it ou
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we invite you to follow us on twitter at bpshow. you can also follow us on facebook please. facebook.com/billpressshow or go to current.com and join the chat room where you can join all of your other "full court pressers" across the land debating the issues of the day and having a big morning conversation, a little town hall among yourselves. good to see you today. thank you for joining us. and we have a very special hour for you this hour. to talk about the white house fellows program. a program i've been familiar with for a long time. have admired very much. i've gotten to know some of the people involved. wanted you to get to know them as well. and we begin by welcoming to the program, the director of the white house fellows program under president barack obama. cindy moelis. thanks for coming in. >> thanks forinviting us. >> bill: best and the brightest. >> thanks for inviting us. >> bill: look forward to getting to see them. our regular team, almost all here. peter ogborn off for a couple of days. dan henning is flying the 747 with the help of phil backert on phones som
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we grow used to it. women are indoctrinated into this feeling that they are second place citizens and men who want to get inside of those bodies get to dictate what happens to those bodies if they do. >> caller: i wouldn't dare get into a conversation about religion. it's up to them and i don't want to interfere with that. and i believe in everybody's right to do that, no matter how fundamentalist. >> amen. >> caller: but the trouble is that there are plenty of women and men who believe that women should not have these rights who aren't particularly religious. >> exactly. that's true. >> caller: who aren't particularly, you know, who don't go to church every sunday and don't, you know, belong to an evangelical congress degree allegation. >> stephanie: i think it also didn't, you know, resonate with people, they are saying small government, the best bumper sticker, government small enough to fit in my vagina. >> caller: right. that's why i think there are part of it, there are plenty, during this election
we grow used to it. women are indoctrinated into this feeling that they are second place citizens and men who want to get inside of those bodies get to dictate what happens to those bodies if they do. >> caller: i wouldn't dare get into a conversation about religion. it's up to them and i don't want to interfere with that. and i believe in everybody's right to do that, no matter how fundamentalist. >> amen. >> caller: but the trouble is that there are plenty of women and men...
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they don't care about us. i'm a poor tea party person. >> stephanie: you should not be embarrassed about that at all. i heard my friend randy rhodes talk about this. the tea party did not start as a bad idea. there are a lot of people like you that some principles made sense, but you're absolutely right, they used to. >> caller: i feel so delusioned. i started believing that maybe we could help everybody but i don't think there is a future for republicans. because once the tea party kind of realized they had been used, they're going to turn. there is going to be a backlash, and people that are in need are going to come together and the republican don't have a chance. i think the funniest thing is my poor spanish friend. they think they'll have a future trying to get spanish votes. are they crazy? >> stephanie: yes, exactly. >> caller: or tea party votes in the future. they will not get tea party votes. we're against them now. >> stephanie: i think sane people look at joe wall welch. it's not the tea party peop
they don't care about us. i'm a poor tea party person. >> stephanie: you should not be embarrassed about that at all. i heard my friend randy rhodes talk about this. the tea party did not start as a bad idea. there are a lot of people like you that some principles made sense, but you're absolutely right, they used to. >> caller: i feel so delusioned. i started believing that maybe we could help everybody but i don't think there is a future for republicans. because once the tea party...
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the photographer involved in that join us now. one of the reasons why i'm against the war on drugs is because of what is happening down in mexico. the incredible death an destruction that has reaped on mexico is something that most americans are not familiar with. can you telephone us the level of violence we have in mexico? >> yes, well the level of violence is just tremendous over the last several years. it's not just from executions in the street. it's terror tactics. you'll come across headless bodies over bridges people dissolved in acid. it's extreme. >> cenk: you have a perspective that is many americans don't have because you've seen it. does that make all the difference? if people in america saw what you have seen would they have a different view, for example the war on drugs? >> certainly. the level of violence alone is pretty stagger. but also just basically how the mexicans keep on with their daily lives is pretty impressive. but until you see the actual bodies in the streets, i think they just remain as statistics. so
the photographer involved in that join us now. one of the reasons why i'm against the war on drugs is because of what is happening down in mexico. the incredible death an destruction that has reaped on mexico is something that most americans are not familiar with. can you telephone us the level of violence we have in mexico? >> yes, well the level of violence is just tremendous over the last several years. it's not just from executions in the street. it's terror tactics. you'll come...
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some will give us $5 a month some 50 cents a month many give us nothing. they're hungry, we deliver a meal to them. we get all private funds mostly individuals, foundations businesses, and that's so important with chef wolfgang puck, because he does allow us extra funding to provide good, nutritious meals. as our numbers increase, we can continue to oh serve. >> look at us serving all the rich and famous people in the restaurant and i said there are many people out there who don't have the money to buy a meal who cannot get nutritious food. we raise more and more money went up to $700,000. >> i thought that was sensitive and really kind, that a chef like himself would think of us and think of people that were not able to go out and to go to his restaurant. >> we're open on all holidays, those are the days really lonely for seniors and we give them extra things and we always treat them with great dignity and kindness. >> i look forward to them coming every day and it's also very nice, because they're friendly, and the food tastes just wonderful. >> we promi
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stay with us. you're about to watch an viewer created ad message for little caesars who proudly salutes united states veterans everywhere. >> clarksville is a small town on the tennesse/kentucky boader and it is a really great place to raise a family. my name is lloyd allard i was a chief officer in the special forces, i was in the army for 23 years. i have made 1400 parachute jumps. well, my experience in the military was varied. i spent a lot of time in iraq, a lot of time in kuwait. i did two tours in iraq and i decided it was time to do something different with my life. i saw little caesars as a way to give something back to my family. the little caesars veterans program provides financial support and equipment when you open your store. the little caesars veterans program give me a sense of ownership and pride in my business because i am the owner of this business. as a former military person i did not have the business experience and little caesars provided the training and support along the w
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with us. in other words our bodies -- people deciding issues related to our own -- the sanctity of our own selves. the notion of sister giant is to encourage people to get beyond the barriers. >> absolutely. because a lot of women i know -- i'm a writer and speaker on issues of personal transformation spirituality. there are millions and millions of americans who are into yoga, recovery spirituality, religion who actually, because they're on a personal path of the heart look at the toxicity and the anger and the mean-spiritedness and the dysfunction of politics and go that's everything i'm trying to escape in my life. that's a real conundrum because if we turn away -- only the most counterfeit version of enlightenment would make you feel like you have a path on addressing human suffering. you can't be dealing with a path of the heart in your own life and ignore the fact that a child is starving. >> jennifer: so what sister giant is about is taking the inner work that people are doing and exter
with us. in other words our bodies -- people deciding issues related to our own -- the sanctity of our own selves. the notion of sister giant is to encourage people to get beyond the barriers. >> absolutely. because a lot of women i know -- i'm a writer and speaker on issues of personal transformation spirituality. there are millions and millions of americans who are into yoga, recovery spirituality, religion who actually, because they're on a personal path of the heart look at the...
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us tomorrow night. we'll have a great s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s seeyoutomorrowwhenmyguestwillbe w seeyoutomorrowwhenmyguestwillbew hoopigoldbergandnickcanon blame blame. >> i'm glad there was not a right wing takeover, but we end up with a republican rockefeller republican in black face with barack obama. >> damn, that's really harsh. is it right or wrong? we debate that tonight. the drums continue. >> around the time petraeus broke off the affair, she began to receive anonymous emails sent from broad well's computer. >> then cessation talk. which states do we want to secede? >> gop and gop crime is the elbow of the day. go time! >> today the president met with progressives which i always find hilarious like whoa, these are real progressives, that's fascinating, what do you want? >> a list he met with organizations of the. >> i hope he listened to them. you know who he's meeting with tomorrow? the c.e.o.'s for: >> anybody want to bet who he's going to listen to more?
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unless we say that, the other side will stick us up and hold us to the deadline and get us to flinch at the end which unfortunately has been the history of the white house in the last couple of years. your wisdom there, i hope they're listening loud and clear to you congressman. >> thank you. >> eliot: congressman peter welch, democrat from vermont thank you for your time. >> thanks, eliot. >> eliot: for more on grover norquist apparent diminishing influence, i'm joined by lobbyist jack abrom off the author of "capitol punishment." jack, thank you for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> eliot: look, are you dealing and are you a defender of grover norquist but you must admit there is a new reality taking hold with many republicans acknowledging speaker boehner revenue must go up. doesn't that change the playing field in a way that grover norquist must not be happy with? >> well, i think too much emphasis, eliot is put on grover. i think people forget the fact that republicans are just genetically against raising taxes. i think grover's pledge and grover's efforts may maybe reflec
unless we say that, the other side will stick us up and hold us to the deadline and get us to flinch at the end which unfortunately has been the history of the white house in the last couple of years. your wisdom there, i hope they're listening loud and clear to you congressman. >> thank you. >> eliot: congressman peter welch, democrat from vermont thank you for your time. >> thanks, eliot. >> eliot: for more on grover norquist apparent diminishing influence, i'm joined...
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you know the real america voted for us. >> i'm glad you said white people. he went on to say: >> so he's saying, he's painting the president as the rich guy here. >> cenk: and he's saying hey you know what, he won because he's black, don't worry next time we won't get a black guy it will be easier to win so it wasn't our idea. >> exactly. i think the idea that they think, these republicans, the people that work with romney think that they somehow won is really a victory for the rest of america. i think that's astonishing. >> two parts of that. they can't get it through their thick skulls what the middle class is. the median income is 50,000. people under $50,000 is the middle class because $50,000 is the middle. where as they view it as $50,000 and above are the only people that count. no wonder you lost the election. if you take half the country and piss on them like this, they're not going to vote for you. >> they keep pissing on them. former congressman from virginia goes on yesterday: >> the only thing that changes is the underclass minorities are starti
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this deal still kicks ass for us. we'll cut the living hell out of what we call entitlements, social security and medicare and medicaid. lloyd blankfein listen to what he said about so-called indictmentment. >> you'll have to lower people's expectations the entitlements and what people think they're going to get because it's not going--they're not going to get it. >> cenk: you're not going to get it. i'm going to get it. that's lloyd blankfein. this is the guy whose company took $10 billion in federal bailout and an extra $14 billion through back door bailouts of aig. in the last quarter--that's just a quarter of the year they made $8.4 billion. how much of that did the u.s. taxpayer get for bailing their ass out? none of it. we got the initial $10 billion mac. we did not get the back door bailout back. we did not get a piece of that company. finally look at his salary were last year. it will probably be higher than this year, $16.4 million. so he gets the bailouts from the government i am entitled. i have an expectat
this deal still kicks ass for us. we'll cut the living hell out of what we call entitlements, social security and medicare and medicaid. lloyd blankfein listen to what he said about so-called indictmentment. >> you'll have to lower people's expectations the entitlements and what people think they're going to get because it's not going--they're not going to get it. >> cenk: you're not going to get it. i'm going to get it. that's lloyd blankfein. this is the guy whose company took $10...